The roster of Scandicci looks fairly expensive - does anybody know the season budget of Savino del Bene? We know from last season, that Conegliano and Novara had both 8 million Euro each, I guess, that Scandicci will at least come close to it this time.

The roster of Scandicci looks fairly expensive - does anybody know the season budget of Savino del Bene? We know from last season, that Conegliano and Novara had both 8 million Euro each, I guess, that Scandicci will at least come close to it this time.

8 million Euro sounds very unrealistic for both Novara and Conegliano it's definitely much less than half I would say !

8 million Euro sounds very unrealistic for both Novara and Conegliano it's definitely much less than half I would say !

Those were the numbers reported by Alba Blaj, host of the last CL F4. I admit in comparison to Italian salaries this sounds somewhat unlikely, but opposed to Istanbul and Russia this was the only source so far I found with numbers specified for budget of A1 teams at all.

Italian setter Giulia Rondon, 31 years old, announced on instagram that she will retire from professional volleyball.

A lot of italian players decide to quit this year

Rondon, Ferretti, Calloni, Paggi...

It's possible, you just have to believe in yourself and really not care what other people say, because I've heard it all. If you let someone else dictate what you're going to do in life, then you won't get there.

Francesca Piccinini announced her retirement at the end of the season. Legend!

Piccinini and Cacciatori made women's volleyball popular in Italy.

Best italian volleyball player ever and living LEGEND.

I hope she won't stay on volleyball as coach. She can do way more on TV as ambassador: her, Cacciatori, Cisolla and now Zaytsev are the only volleyball players by everybody in this country, even by people that don't follow this sport. She has been in different TV spots already.